Signs at the entrance to Fish Pond Road in Lincoln Plantation

The entrance to Fish Pond Road in Lincoln Plantation leading into Magalloway(2018)

Location Map for Magalloway Plantation

Location Map for Magalloway Plantation

Year Population
1970 75
1980 79
1990 45
2000 37
2010 46
Magalloway Population Chart 1880-2010

Population Trend 1880-2010

Geographic Data
N. Latitude 44:51:30
W. Latitude 70:57:30
Maine House District 117
Maine Senate District 18
Congress District 2
Area sq. mi. (total) 54.2
Area sq. mi. (land) 48.4
Population/sq.mi. (land) 1.0
County: Oxford

Total=land+water; Land=land only

[muh-GAL-ah-way] is a plantation in Oxford County, organized for election purposes in 1860 but formally organized for general purposes on March 5, 1883 with legislative confirmation passed in 1991.

Named for the Malecite Indian word for “caribou,” the plantation was created from the township T5 R1 WBKP.

Located on the New Hampshire border, it has substantial frontage on Umbagog Lake and about ten miles of frontage on Upper and Lower Lower Richardson Lakes. Magalloway Plantation Maine Public Reserved Land sits just north of the Lake Umbagog National Wildlife Refuge on that lake’s Sunday Cove.

The plantation is accessible from Maine Route 16 in Lincoln Plantation. However, Magalloway has no improved roads. Many internal roads are private with gates and barricades limiting access to the interior. [click on the photo below to enlarge and clarify]

Sign: Fish Pond Road, Observatory Mountain in Background (2018)

Sign: Fish Pond Road, 2515 foot Observatory Mountain in Background (2018)

Signs at the entrance to Fish Pond Road in Lincoln Plantation

The entrance to Fish Pond Road in Lincoln Plantation leading into Magalloway(2018)

One of these is the misnamed “Fish Pond Road.” South off Route 16 at N44° 55′ 4.71″ W70° 56′ 51.37″, the road splits into several branches within Magalloway Plantation, none of which lead to the nonexistent pond.  However the small Fish Pond Brook does pass through the site. In 2018 signs indicate the area is managed by Seven Islands for public access, with some restrictions: no camping; no ATVs.

Form of Government: Assessors-Annual Meeting.

1 Comment

  1. I am very interested in the source of your information about Magalloway plantation being organized as a wildland plantation in 1860. What source did you use to get that information.

    Best regards,
    Marcia McInnis

    Jim’s answer: “Counties, Cities, Towns and Planatations: A Handbook of Incorporations, Dissolutions, and Boundary Changes.” Published by the Maine State Archives. Augusta, ME. 1980.
    Copies are at the University of Maine’s Fogler Library, Maine State Library, Bangor Public Library, and other University of Maine libraries.

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